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urllib.robotparser

Explore how to use Python's urllib.robotparser module to determine if a user agent is allowed to fetch specific URLs based on a website's robots.txt file. Understand how to create a RobotFileParser instance, read robots.txt, and check URL access permissions for responsible web scraping.

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Overview

The robotparser module is made up of a single class, RobotFileParser. This class will answer questions about whether or not a specific user agent can fetch a URL that has a published robot.txt file. The robots.txt file will tell a web scraper or robot what parts of the ...